Personal Life
Foot was married to Eva Mackintosh, daughter of Angus Mackintosh.
Four of the Foots' sons followed their father into public life.
- Sir Dingle Foot became a Liberal, later Labour, Member of Parliament and solicitor-general.
- Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon was a senior diplomat and member of the House of Lords.
- John Foot, Baron Foot stood as a Liberal on several occasions for Parliament and became Baron Foot.
- Michael Foot became a major socialist intellectual, Member of Parliament and leader of the Labour Party (1980–83).
The Foots also had two daughters, Margaret and Jennifer, and one other son, Christopher, who went into the family law practice. Hugh's son, Paul Foot, was a prominent campaigning journalist and political activist, being a solid member of the Trotskyite Socialist Workers Party (SWP).
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